Re: dpkg memory usage

1998-04-16 Thread rick
n-free, ...) and putting the file in /tmp. Can I, as root, make the dpkg/available file from this catted file without screwing the package management up? Thanks. Rick -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Duplicate package names

1998-05-03 Thread rick
e more useful to turn it into a program that just allows comparisons and searches of the file lists from the various Linux distributions. That's providing I can find them. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Swap setup on Debian

1999-09-28 Thread Rick
se) at install time would be useful for me. Laters, Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://rick.chillin.org "As long as you want to live, everywhere will become heaven. Isn't that right? Because you are still alive. The chance to achieve happiness, you can find it anywhere." Yui Ikari Ne

Re: daemon configuration

1999-10-03 Thread Rick
started. However, I don't know how this is affected by package upgrades, etc, because I've just recently started using debian (unstable). Laters, Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://rick.chillin.org "As long as you want to live, everywhere will become heaven. Isn't that right? Because you are still alive. The chance to achieve happiness, you can find it anywhere." Yui Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion, "The End Of Evangelion"

Re: daemon configuration

1999-10-03 Thread Rick
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Michael Stone wrote: > On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 02:59:38AM -0400, Rick wrote: > > I'm uncertain whether this is a good idea or not. I have helped many > > people install redhat linux and, frankly, the daemon enable screen > > confuses them. They

RE: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality

1999-10-03 Thread Rick
dea of adding this check to each init script. Wouldn't it be better to add this check to /etc/init.d/rcS when it goes through the /etc/rcS.d/S??* scripts (since the chkconfig parameter has the same name as the init script minus the S??)? Laters, Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://rick.chillin.o

Re: Unstable release

1999-10-04 Thread Rick
of editing /etc/apt/sources.list by hand I changed it from dselect during the install process. Laters, Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://rick.chillin.org

Bug#2019: ftp.debian.org/debian/debian-0.93/ms-dos/xxxx/ has no files

1995-12-12 Thread Rick Macdonald
A few days ago, all of the symlinks for the ms-dos file names disappeared from the package directories. Intentional? -- ...RickM...

Bug#2071: ftp.debian.org/debian/debian-0.93/Contents changes daily

1995-12-28 Thread Rick Macdonald
The Contents (and Contents.gz) files at ftp.debian.org/debian/debian-0.93 change daily. On comparing the files from two days, the only difference was the line: (Last updated on Wed Dec 27 23:23:54 EST 1995) Is this intentional? It must be causing extra "mirroring" traffic every day. -- ...RickM.

dnrd sighup crash fix

2000-03-23 Thread Rick Price
Here is a fix for a crash on x86 when you send dnrd a sighup. This problem shows up for sure on Slackware 7, but should happen everywhere. I haven't tested it extensively, but if you check the original code it becomes obvious why it needs to be changed. The only part that concerns me is the

maillist sick?

2000-04-01 Thread Rick Younie
The tag claims it was updated on March 28 but the last message sorted by date is March 11. Rick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://loki.dhs.org/~rick

Re: How to get changelog file for a given _binary_ package?

2000-12-27 Thread Rick Younie
or libdb2-util, the URL given above returns "No such changelog file". Hi, lynx -dump http://packages.debian.org/libdb2-util might do what you want. Or add woody to sources.list and parse the Packages files locally. I think you'd also need to run the development APT at people.d.o/~jgg to tag woody so it isn't an install candidate. Rick --

ITP: worker - filemanager

2001-01-06 Thread Rick Younie
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist worker is a two-paned directory utility much like the Amiga's DirectoryOpus. License is GPL. Home page: http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker Screenshots: http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/wscreenshots.php3

Bug#198314: RFA: rxsock, rexxtk

2003-06-21 Thread Rick Younie
Package: wnpp Severity: normal rxsock[1] and rexxtk[2] need new maintainers. rxsock - Socket function library for Regina REXX rexxtk - Interface to Tcl/Tk for Regina REXX Rick -- [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/rxsock/ [2] http://rexxtk.sourceforge.net/

Re: Bug#207300: tmda: Challenge-response is fundamentally broken

2003-08-28 Thread Rick Moen
acceptance) issues concerning the Debian package. If on the other hand the above was just a novel way to say "No" and dig in your heels, there are more direct (and concise) ways to do it, ja? -- Cheers, "The only good goth is

Re: Debian Installer Lenny Beta1

2008-03-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On Mar 17, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: Please use the website instead since there you find the documentation, errada and everything else that you will need there: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ The <[17 Mar 2008] Debian Installer lenny beta 1> link on

Bugreport: kqemu results in kernel panic of the guest systems

2007-03-21 Thread Rick Rocker
Dear debian devs, I don't know how to input bug reports into bugzilla so I want to report a bug in Etch here: I am running Etch with this kernel: Linux funghi 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Wed Feb 21 16:06:54 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux I installed these packages: ii kqemu-common 1.3.0~pre9-

Re: Needed input from Australian users and developers:; choosing timezones for Australia in D-I

2011-03-23 Thread Rick Thomas
occasionally lurks on the "tz" mailing list. Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/0ef9eef7-c2e0-4767-be44-846fed53d...@pobox.com

Re: Is vrms really still a Virtual Richard M. Stallman?

2003-11-19 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Florian Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): ["debian-legalint":] > I don't think this is a good idea. "non-free" doesn't mean "illegal". So, "dfsg-lint", maybe. -- Cheers, * Contributing Editor, Linux Gazett

Re: Users, groups, rights and apache please advice

2003-11-20 Thread Rick Moen
a better solution?) -- Cheers, * Contributing Editor, Linux Gazette * Rick Moen -*- See the Linux Gazette in its new home: -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://linuxgazette.net/>

RFA: sbuild -- Tool for building Debian binary packages from Debian sources

2003-04-30 Thread Rick Younie
Missing X-Debbugs-CC? - Forwarded message from Rick Younie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Rick Younie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:00:39 -0700 To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RFA: sbuild -- Tool for building Debian binary pa

mac parts?

2001-09-05 Thread Rick Younie
some parts to the cause it will speed up the process. Mike's email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] One of the m68k build daemons is awaiting a new connection, another has chronic connectivity problems and a third is going offline soon so this machine will likely be needed. Rick --

Re: NNTP gateway to Debian lists

2001-12-25 Thread Rick Younie
ms and take advantage of the news system's expire and newsreader's threading. "apt-cache search news mail gateway" shows some of those if you're running unstable (for the multiword search). apt backports to stable cleanly if you're running stable. HTH, Rick --

Re: NNTP gateway to Debian lists

2001-12-25 Thread Rick Younie
ittle extreme though and some kind of technical solution might be better. Rick --

Re: Some thoughts about problems within Debian

2002-01-04 Thread Rick Younie
are many trying to find a way to contribute. I don't think there's any shortcut. You have to find something bite-sized that interests you -- be it boot-floppies, translation, porting.. -- find the appropriate list and look for a place to help. The internal structure you talk about...well, there isn't any. It's all little bits that fit together pretty well, mostly. Rick --

Re: Some thoughts about problems within Debian

2002-01-08 Thread Rick Younie
-maint? Once you join Debian you'll forget how hard it was to get started like the rest of us and spend your time on things that interest you more. Rick --

Re: please rebuild gtkmathview 0.3.0-4 on hppa, m68k and arm

2002-04-07 Thread Rick Younie
o see what's going on at bruno.fmepnet.org. Rick -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bits from the Debian Pure Blends Team

2009-03-20 Thread Rick Moen
is link reports 'Invalid Project' Correct link appears to be: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/blends/ -- Cheers, Crypto lets someone say "Hi! I absolutely definitely have Rick Moena name somewhat like the name of a large familiar r...@linuxmafia.com orga

Proposal for stage-1 boot loader for use with SecureBoot [Re: [Long] UEFI support]

2012-07-05 Thread Rick Thomas
The fundamental problem we must solve is allowing the *user* to securely choose which OS she wants to install. Whether that OS follows thru and verifies all its parts is between the user and the person or group who provided the OS (could be the user, herself, of course!) We need a "sta

A modest proposal [Re: CD1 without a network mirror isn't sufficient to install a full desktop environment]

2012-09-10 Thread Rick Thomas
s already on CD-1), leaving more space for the DEs to grow into... Just a thought... Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/97d3e332-ff53-4e7d-98f4-5b6ab60d2...@pobox.com

Re: Needed input from Australian users and developers:; choosing timezones for Australia in D-I

2011-03-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Mar 23, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Joey Hess wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: For what it's worth, the timezone database (as evidenced by, among other things, the output of the "tzselect" command) is organized mostly in terms of country/city rather than country/larger- geographical-area.

Re: /opt/ again (was Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: ...])

1999-09-19 Thread Rick Younie
al file systems? If it's possible to remotely mount, could you tell the incantation? I must have tried pretty much every one except the right one. Thanks. Rick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vcn.bc.ca/~rick

Re: IMPORTANT: Do live Debian images have a future?

2017-06-26 Thread Rick Thomas
and report on, I'm willing to make that investment. Please add me to your "testers" list. Thank you, Rick PS: On a related topic: What I think would be really cool, would be Debian Live images for some of the ARM architectures. Something I could dd to a USB stick and boot right aw

Re: IMPORTANT: Do live Debian images have a future?

2017-07-04 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 3, 2017, at 8:53 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > arm64 > live images are on my todo list already for the buster cycle. Great! Will they work with RaspberryPi-3? Rick

Re: Anyone using stretch/buster/sid on ARMv4t ?

2017-11-07 Thread Rick Thomas
How do I know if a machine is ARMv4t? I have a sheevaplug and a couple of openrd machines (one “client”, the other “ultimate”) that are still doing useful work. Are they v4t? Thanks, Rick > On Nov 5, 2017, at 1:32 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > Hi, > > for the armel por

Re: Anyone using stretch/buster/sid on ARMv4t ?

2017-11-07 Thread Rick Thomas
> On Nov 7, 2017, at 3:27 AM, Christian Seiler wrote: > > Hi, > > Am 2017-11-07 11:49, schrieb Rick Thomas: >> How do I know if a machine is ARMv4t? I have a sheevaplug and a >> couple of openrd machines (one “client”, the other “ultimate”) that >> are still

Re: Vale, Ian Murdock (1973-04-28 ??? 2015-12-28)

2015-12-31 Thread Rick Moen
Bradley M. Kuhn published an eloquent and elegaic 'Requiem for Ian Murdock' on his blog at http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2015/12/30/ian-murdock.html. As it is CC BY-SA 3.0 US licensed, I'm posting it here. Requiem for Ian Murdock Wednesday 30 December 2015 by Bradley M. Kuhn I first met Ian Murdock